Leali’ie’e and Simon were named to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Preseason All-Texas Small College Team.

LEWISVILLE – Texas A&M University-Commerce’s Antonio Leali’ie’e and Amon Simon have been named to the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Preseason All-Texas Small College Team in advance of the 2021 season. 

Dave Campbell’s Texas Football considered all four-year institutions, Division I FBS level for this team, reflecting the 2019 season statistics for the Lions. A&M-Commerce went 11-3 and advanced to the Super Regional finals in their first season under head coach David Bailiff. 

Simon (Humble – Atascocita) had a spectacular 2019 season, earning second-team All-American honors from the Associated Press and D2CCA. The Lone Star Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year was also named first-team all-region by the D2CCA and earned his second consecutive first-team All-Lone Star Conference honor. As a result, Simon has the opportunity to become the first repeat winner of LSC Offensive Lineman of the Year in the non-divisional era since Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Moses Horn did so in 1986 and 1987. A&M-Commerce’s R.J. Brisbon won consecutive awards in 2008 and 2009, but they split it from 1997 to 2010. 

Leali’ie’e (Copperas Cove) was a first-team All-Lone Star Conference pick at running back in 2019, appearing in 10 games with 104 carries for 689 yards and seven touchdowns for an average of 6.6 yards-per-carry and 68.9 yards per game. He had three games with over 100 yards rushing, including 18 carries for 169 yards against Midwestern State in a game where he also had a receiving touchdown. He had 17 carries for 133 yards, and two touchdowns against Western New Mexico and 13 carries for 141 yards, and a touchdown against Texas A&M-Kingsville. 

Lion Football is now seven weeks away from kicking off the 2021 season at Colorado State-Pueblo on September 2. The Lions have a marquee neutral site game on September 11 at Globe Life Park in Arlington in the LSC opener against Midwestern State, with tickets available now. 

The Lions have six home games in 2021, and season tickets are available at WeAreLionsTix.com. The home season starts on September 18 against defending Division II national champions West Florida. 

2021 Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Preseason All-Texas Small College Offense

Position	Name	School	Class	Hometown
QB	Eric Schmid	Sam Houston	Jr.	The Woodlands
RB	Kevin Brown	UIW	Sr.	Mount Pleasant, S.C.
RB	Antonio Leali’ie’e	A&M-Commerce	Sr.	Copperas Cove
WR	Jequez Ezzard	Sam Houston	Sr.	College Park, Ga.
WR	Xavier Gipson	Stephen F. Austin	So.	Dallas
WR	Jake Parker	Howard Payne	Sr.	Whitehouse
OL	Colby Thomas	Sam Houston	Sr.	Manvel
OL	Justice Guillory	Stephen F. Austin	Fr.	Katy
OL	Amon Simon	A&M-Commerce	Sr.	Humble
OL	Parker Hanna	West Texas A&M	Jr.	Stratford
OL	Boomer Warren	Hardin-Simmons	Jr.	Haslet
PK	Adrian Guzman	Tarleton	Fr.	Temple
KR	Ce’Cori Tolds	UIW	Sr.	Houston

Defense

Position	Name	School	Class	Hometown
DL	Jahari Kay	Sam Houston	Sr.	Berkeley, Calif.
DL	Joseph Wallace	Sam Houston	Sr.	Dallas
DL	Melik Owens	Midwestern State	Sr.	Houston
DL	G’Karri McCoy	Angelo State	Jr.	Dallas
LB	Storey Jackson*	Prairie View A&M	Sr.	Kansas City, Kan.
LB	Michael Jewett	Trinity	Jr.	Houston
LB	Akeem Jackson	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Sr.	Fairfield
DB	Zyon McCollum	Sam Houston	Sr.	Galveston
DB	Devin Hafford	Tarleton	Sr.	Humble
DB	Jefferson Fritz	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Sr.	Kaufman
DB	KJ Kelley	East Texas Baptist	Sr.	Abilene
P	Matt McRobert	Sam Houston	Sr.	Berowra, Australia
PR	K.J. Miller	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Jr.	Orange